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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by mcphage on Monday July 24, 2023 @08:48AM (#36847128)
> Remember NeXT?

Wasn't that the computer that the first web browser and web server were developed for and on? And a bunch of famous video games were developed on it? It was never a consumer computer company, but for its niche it was pretty successful.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by coldtea on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:12AM (#36847430)
We're speaking about success as a business, on its business goals, not what was developed on it.

If somebody wrote the "first web browser" on BeOS it make it any less of a failure as a business venture.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by mcphage on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:39PM (#36869070)
> If somebody wrote the "first web browser" on BeOS it make it any less of a failure as a business venture.

Maybe if Tim Berners-Lee had, BeOS wouldn't have been a business failure. Or at least successful enough to be purchased for $400 million?

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by knome on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:06AM (#36847351)
>Wasn't that the computer that the first web browser and web server were developed for and on

Tim Berners-Lee invented the WWW, and wrote the first server and browser while working for CERN.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by mstade on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:15AM (#36847468)
Yes, using NeXT workstations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server#/media/File:First_W...
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by rvz on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:29AM (#36847680)
This is about the business itself and NeXT Inc. was a commercial failure for workstation class personal computers in the market.
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